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the economy showing real signs of recovery. is barack obama one of those guys who the world keeps turning up good? despite all of the good trends this interconnected world has lots of loose ends. things look good for obama now, but events could elect romney. obama is singing happy days, but it's america, is he too far ahead of the parade to hear its music. finally, offshore warnings, could this war with iran change everything and could the killing of americans in afghanistan drive us to quit? could either of these crisis flare up and leave this white house burnt. hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, the "washington post" bob woodward, cnbc's becky quick, the "washington post" kathleen parker and the "national journal's" major garrett. while republicans are having to explain rush limbaugh's hatefulness this week, barack obama is radiating optimism these days. the president is channeling that old ronald reagan morning in america. here he was on tuesday. >> i'm not going to settle for a country where a few d
the economy showing real signs of recovery. is barack obama one of those guys who the world keeps turning up good? despite all of the good trends this interconnected world has lots of loose ends. things look good for obama now, but events could elect romney. obama is singing happy days, but it's america, is he too far ahead of the parade to hear its music. finally, offshore warnings, could this war with iran change everything and could the killing of americans in afghanistan drive us to quit?...
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they make up 2/3 of this economy. but it is also corporations. think about their profitablity margins squeezed. wheat is up triple digits in the last 12 months. cotton is at the highest levels. chris: it seems like we have been here before. the saudis have the power. they turn on the tap, and everything is fine again. in the 1970's, this set up the environment for watergate. the lines in jersey. >> the higher price for oil, all of it. >> it hurt a lot of presidents. it killed ford, nixon and hurt carter. >> talking about the price of oil, gasoline going up, also the price of mike and bread is going up. if you think you are about to lose your job, this gets really critical. if the stock market reboots a little bit and the economy takes it down, this is very dangerous for president obama. i agree right now he is odds-on for re-election. but there are perilous roads, perhaps none more perilous than this. chris: this is about the election. >> the administration was counting on, after having gotten the tax cut deal, they were counting on 2011 as the r
they make up 2/3 of this economy. but it is also corporations. think about their profitablity margins squeezed. wheat is up triple digits in the last 12 months. cotton is at the highest levels. chris: it seems like we have been here before. the saudis have the power. they turn on the tap, and everything is fine again. in the 1970's, this set up the environment for watergate. the lines in jersey. >> the higher price for oil, all of it. >> it hurt a lot of presidents. it killed ford,...
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we are in for a long, hard slog to get the economy back. chris: he's got a problem with the unemployment rate and people not trying to get jobs anymore, bob woodward who has superb timing is coming out with a book talking about then failure to try to get a debt ceiling agreement last summer, to try to give confidence to the markets he goes after the lineup and said they don't have the team there. >> stories about the white house team isn't as important in a -- in an election year like the behavior of a president. the question at the heart of this is who do you trust? which isn't changing. voters aren't sure he knows how to fix the economy. but he understands their problems. the opposite is true of romney, he know house to fix the my but he doesn't understand their situations. >> this is why you're seeing such a negative portrait of mitt romney, he's private equity, he's big business, wall street, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, because they want to make sure that americans don't see him as strong on the economy, they want to make sur
we are in for a long, hard slog to get the economy back. chris: he's got a problem with the unemployment rate and people not trying to get jobs anymore, bob woodward who has superb timing is coming out with a book talking about then failure to try to get a debt ceiling agreement last summer, to try to give confidence to the markets he goes after the lineup and said they don't have the team there. >> stories about the white house team isn't as important in a -- in an election year like the...
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the economy, stupid. friday the last jobs report before the election. last month, it gave the president a boost. will the october number matter more? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when we played out in mind games on both sides. the president saying he jist wants to hold on -- he just wants to hold on. >> what we have is a lead that we've maintained throughout this campaign. and we are going to just continue to drive home the message that there are two fundamentally different choices in this election. about where we take the country. chris: and he's on the air with a fear factor ad. >> 537. the number of votes that changed the course of american history. >> florida is too close to call. >> so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't
the economy, stupid. friday the last jobs report before the election. last month, it gave the president a boost. will the october number matter more? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when...
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this economy? >> of course, he does. >> matt lauer nailed him into that coffin. my question, does david wish he had that to take back, the president owns this economy? >> it doesn't matter what he says. it matters what the american think. clearly the american people are looking forward and they're not looking backwards. there is some justification for the fact that a previous president got the economy into this mess, but that is irrelevant in terms of the president's re-election prospects. he has to provide a vision for the future for america. chris: the president has to cover for the fact that he had six months walking into office, the first six months of his presidency which were terrible due to what he inherited, but he has to explain it, all of it. >> he made a fundamental miss calculation at the beginning of his presidency and his own people, his former economic advisors talks about this. they assumed the economy was like a v, straight down but then would bounce back. chris: like under reagan.
this economy? >> of course, he does. >> matt lauer nailed him into that coffin. my question, does david wish he had that to take back, the president owns this economy? >> it doesn't matter what he says. it matters what the american think. clearly the american people are looking forward and they're not looking backwards. there is some justification for the fact that a previous president got the economy into this mess, but that is irrelevant in terms of the president's...
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the economy. the strength of the economy. the size of it. if g.d.p. is just zero this year, and there's a flat economy, nate silver gives obama a 17% chance of re-election. flat economy this year. if g.d.p. goes up 4% a stronger -- a landslide victory of over 60%. >> it's not a mechanical exercise. as though you can plot it op an x and y axis with economic growth here, re-election there. you can't do it. voters have -- the economy is very important to their judgment. but they base it more impressionistically on what's the direction of the country. how do i particularly feel? how -- what do i see and hear about my -- from my neighbor? >> if they're not feeling it in their personal lives, no matter what the indicators say, they're going to say -- >> more spending. people are buying clothes. more people are buying cars. that's what the indicators show. chris: that would be the g.d.p. going up. here's our third predictor. the gallup job approval. i think we're -- i'm almost positive we will agree on this. the gallup rule says presidents with job approval
the economy. the strength of the economy. the size of it. if g.d.p. is just zero this year, and there's a flat economy, nate silver gives obama a 17% chance of re-election. flat economy this year. if g.d.p. goes up 4% a stronger -- a landslide victory of over 60%. >> it's not a mechanical exercise. as though you can plot it op an x and y axis with economic growth here, re-election there. you can't do it. voters have -- the economy is very important to their judgment. but they base it more...
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we want to talk about the economy. chris: next month the iowa strall poll, first big leading indicator will she win the nomination? will she win? >> yes, because nobody's competing. >> yeah, i think she's going to -- >> i think she's likely to win the straw poll. it won't matter a lot in eye -- it will matter in iowa but i don't think necessarily the long shot. chris: swing shot for until snm >> i think there's a possible. the real slingshot may turn out to be mitt romney, who's not going to compete that but come in second or third and get a swing shot in new hampshire that way. chris: when we come back, predictions from the top chris: when we come back, predictions from the top reporters. chris: welcome back. john, tell me something don't know. >> the tim geithner era looks like it's about to come to an end. seemed like the trezz victim will leave and there will be a big question about who's going to be the treasury secretary. the administration is looking at someone from the corporate sector who, a, will make busines
we want to talk about the economy. chris: next month the iowa strall poll, first big leading indicator will she win the nomination? will she win? >> yes, because nobody's competing. >> yeah, i think she's going to -- >> i think she's likely to win the straw poll. it won't matter a lot in eye -- it will matter in iowa but i don't think necessarily the long shot. chris: swing shot for until snm >> i think there's a possible. the real slingshot may turn out to be mitt...
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we want to talk about the economy. chris: next month the iowa strall poll, first big leading indicator will she win the nomination? will she win? >> yes, because nobody's competing. >> yeah, i think she's going to -- >> i think she's likely to win the straw poll. it won't matter a lot in eye -- it will matter in iowa but i don't think necessarily the long shot. chris: swing shot for until snm >> i think there's a possible. the real slingshot may turn out to be mitt romney, who's not going to compete that but come in second or third and get a swing shot in new hampshire that way. chris: when we come back, predictions from the top chris: when we come back, predictions from the top reporters. your kids will each take care of our class hamsters, lewis & clark. then i'll tell them the story of pluto, the sad little planet that was. i'll introduce them to some new friends, the fractions, and some cold blooded ones, the dinosaurs. [sfx: dinosaur growl] clark! anyway, here's what they'll need: markers, scissors, crayons, penci
we want to talk about the economy. chris: next month the iowa strall poll, first big leading indicator will she win the nomination? will she win? >> yes, because nobody's competing. >> yeah, i think she's going to -- >> i think she's likely to win the straw poll. it won't matter a lot in eye -- it will matter in iowa but i don't think necessarily the long shot. chris: swing shot for until snm >> i think there's a possible. the real slingshot may turn out to be mitt...
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in this case you say moral and you believe they jump to the economy. >> i'm not exactly sure what they jump to. i think there are a the lot of things going on. liz's point is a good one, when you have voters predisposed to like a candidate they answer questions in all kinds of ways that simply flow from that basic belief. but -- chris: optimism and pessimism, we were asking that a moment ago. maybe a person who cuzz the -- doesn't like obama because of his background, his race, may be pessmiffletic with -- if you want to be ludicrous about this. >> if you look at the right track/wrong track obama is way upside down just from people's basic beliefs is the country getting better. i think morality is way roughed up in religion and this president hasn't been overtly religion. he doesn't goo to -- go to church on sunday and if you are catholic or evangelical you don't see him demonstrating religion in the right ways. >> but luckily for him romney doesn't either. chris: by the way, they might have thought the question was morale. [laughter] let's turn to west. a less touchy issue and how tha
in this case you say moral and you believe they jump to the economy. >> i'm not exactly sure what they jump to. i think there are a the lot of things going on. liz's point is a good one, when you have voters predisposed to like a candidate they answer questions in all kinds of ways that simply flow from that basic belief. but -- chris: optimism and pessimism, we were asking that a moment ago. maybe a person who cuzz the -- doesn't like obama because of his background, his race, may be...
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here's johnny. >> let's take our nightly survey -- survey on the state of the economy. be honest, how many of you this week have locked your child in a bathroom with an indoor plant and a squirrel and told him he was away at summer camp? chris: well, that registration soon ended but -- recession but five years later, another one. jimmy carter was struggling with the aaronian hos taj crisis and skyrocketing inflation. >> did you read where the government says the recession is over? it is not over. before the show tonight a guy stuck me up in the parking lot, pulled out a gun scombbs i need the money to keep up the payments on this gun. chris: when we come back, we'll talk about the president's election populism. will democrats march to the polls crying come on, let's raise taxes on the rich? chris: welcome back. as they enter the final turn of the midterm raise -- race, both sides are putting their bets on class fare cuts. republicans say extend the tax cuts for everyone, including the rich, for two more years. on the democratic side they seem to have forgotten they've n
here's johnny. >> let's take our nightly survey -- survey on the state of the economy. be honest, how many of you this week have locked your child in a bathroom with an indoor plant and a squirrel and told him he was away at summer camp? chris: well, that registration soon ended but -- recession but five years later, another one. jimmy carter was struggling with the aaronian hos taj crisis and skyrocketing inflation. >> did you read where the government says the recession is over?...
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he can have a jobs plan when he needs the economy to recover. if the economy next spring is turning up, all of the pessimism that we have will begin to look different. it's out of his control. and the decisions of investors, i'm go to go build that new factory. chris: $2 trillion. >> people have to find the confidence. chris: isn't it interesting how the numbers fit? $2 trillion in fixing roads and bridges and they say it's a fact and corporate america is sitting on $2 trillion. >> exactly, but that goes to the structural shift. they haven't been investing it in the u.s. for 0 years. that isn't a penny that has dropped here. since the 1980's, companies have been exposed to global competition and put jobs abroad. >> you want to hear these sorts of things from the president. bill clinton was good at explaining things, explaining the economy, but reassuring people and obama needs to take a page from clinton's playbook. chris: that will be helpful. tell me how better clinton was better at this stuff. one last thought here. that was sarcasm. >> accor
he can have a jobs plan when he needs the economy to recover. if the economy next spring is turning up, all of the pessimism that we have will begin to look different. it's out of his control. and the decisions of investors, i'm go to go build that new factory. chris: $2 trillion. >> people have to find the confidence. chris: isn't it interesting how the numbers fit? $2 trillion in fixing roads and bridges and they say it's a fact and corporate america is sitting on $2 trillion. >>...
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economy and the jobs news we woke up today. american businesses added 162,000 jobs in july. the unemployment rate ticked down to 7.4%, its lowest level since '08. on wall street, the dow and the s&p 500 hit new all-time highs, but the news isn't entirely as rosy as the numbers might seem on the surface. we get our report tonight from nbc's kevin tibbles in chicago. >> reporter: in a sluggish economy, coyote is a company that does well because it helps other companies do more with less. >> everyone is stuck in this flat-line phase. we expect the market to improve at some point. we expect the consumer to come back. but we don't know when. >> reporter: everyone in this room works to streamline logistics, finding shipments for empty trucks all over north america. >> half the time those trucks are empty. so that's what coyote is targeting. >> and that's wasting money? >> that's wasted money. that's wasted labor. that's a waste of carbon. so that's the opportunity for us. >> reporter: in an economy virtually stuck in neutral, customers come to coyote seeking leaner ways of doing b
economy and the jobs news we woke up today. american businesses added 162,000 jobs in july. the unemployment rate ticked down to 7.4%, its lowest level since '08. on wall street, the dow and the s&p 500 hit new all-time highs, but the news isn't entirely as rosy as the numbers might seem on the surface. we get our report tonight from nbc's kevin tibbles in chicago. >> reporter: in a sluggish economy, coyote is a company that does well because it helps other companies do more with...
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, the economy. voters blame the party in power for the economy and that's the democrats. cruyff imget back to where you vote yes or no. it's hard to get people to say, no, i don't like the way things ar doing -- going but i love th guy harry. will democrats run away from president carter? [laughter] will they run away from president obama? >> in swing districts, anything but the safest democrat seats, democrats will run away from president obama. >> stephanie running for re-election in south dakota already with an ad about how she voted against health care. i think that's a yes. >> you won't see the president out on the campaign trail very much. >> yeah, i think they're going to run away from him. chris: getting voters to turn out is one of the classic art forms in american politics. in the 1960 kennedy-nixon campaign, both side tried to time their final barnstorming trips to excite the troops. they told kennedy to hold off the chicago stop until the end. look at how all the trade unions showed up a
, the economy. voters blame the party in power for the economy and that's the democrats. cruyff imget back to where you vote yes or no. it's hard to get people to say, no, i don't like the way things ar doing -- going but i love th guy harry. will democrats run away from president carter? [laughter] will they run away from president obama? >> in swing districts, anything but the safest democrat seats, democrats will run away from president obama. >> stephanie running for re-election...
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he's saying we've got the economy coming back. we took on health care, nobody else did. we've got the nerve to do it. the prosecution will be led by romney. he will attack, you blew it. i can hear it in the debate. you had your chance and you blew it. who's going to be the better performer? >> well, i slightly reject the premise in the sense that i think chris: can we get somebody else in here? [laughter] >> the president is not going to do one or the other. the president is going to campaign in a positive way on his record not just because they have a good record, the president believes he's accomplished big things. he's not going to back away from that because it's not in his heart. he is also going to tear mitt romney down. mitt romney's problem is that he'll be effective as a critic of the president. there's a lot to criticize and he has shown himself in debate, and he's good at campaigning in a negative way. the biggest problem is romney is ineffective in selling himself in a positive way. think about the way on all of these election nights, unlike the way that hill
he's saying we've got the economy coming back. we took on health care, nobody else did. we've got the nerve to do it. the prosecution will be led by romney. he will attack, you blew it. i can hear it in the debate. you had your chance and you blew it. who's going to be the better performer? >> well, i slightly reject the premise in the sense that i think chris: can we get somebody else in here? [laughter] >> the president is not going to do one or the other. the president is going...
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if he keeps talking about the economy and is slow and steady. he can forgo the aims of iowa. chris: i think we're in a situation now political even steven, that romney can beat the president on the economy right now. >> no. if the economy in november 2012 is identical to today, yes, it's even steven. it's worse than that. if the sail begins to fill with some wind and there is forward momentum, president obama will say these policies have taken a long time to work and they're working. and the great damage for mitt romney is that the primary season will take this man who really is a smart business consultant, advisor, a guy who knows how to run things and make him into a kind of ideologue cal fool. >> you make a good point. >> the story, the very thing that woo give him strength. chris: we asked our matthews meter what is president obama's better reaction strategy? is it talking about a future agenda or straight talk about how tough things are right now? eight of the regulars say obviously, in the very american way, the best option is to talk about our future agenda. four say i
if he keeps talking about the economy and is slow and steady. he can forgo the aims of iowa. chris: i think we're in a situation now political even steven, that romney can beat the president on the economy right now. >> no. if the economy in november 2012 is identical to today, yes, it's even steven. it's worse than that. if the sail begins to fill with some wind and there is forward momentum, president obama will say these policies have taken a long time to work and they're working. and...
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he will try to win this on somebody who has experience in business issues and the economy. chris: he'll stay away from the huckabee stuff this week? >> fiscal trumps social. chris: they're not going to do it. >> if the republicans want to win, they have to say, i can handle this economy better than president obama. chris: i think they'll go back to who's the real american number again. >> let's secure the economic side, then they'll go over there. chris: in iowa, they're going for the nasty. when we come my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. [ female announcer ] yoplait light -- over 30 delicious flavors at about 100 calories. babe, what are you doing?! ♪ [ female announcer ] the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. chris: welcome back, howard, tell me something i don't know. >> the organizational battle is starting not just in the states but in cyberspace. on faceb
he will try to win this on somebody who has experience in business issues and the economy. chris: he'll stay away from the huckabee stuff this week? >> fiscal trumps social. chris: they're not going to do it. >> if the republicans want to win, they have to say, i can handle this economy better than president obama. chris: i think they'll go back to who's the real american number again. >> let's secure the economic side, then they'll go over there. chris: in iowa, they're going...
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the economy is recovering, but too sluggishly. chris: it could be the 1936 campaign where roosevelt raised it up as a fight between left and right, poor and rich. suppose he does that. he could go the other way and make another big change. thanks to a good roundtable. bob woodward, andrea mitchell, jamie tarabay and clarence page. that's the show. th
the economy is recovering, but too sluggishly. chris: it could be the 1936 campaign where roosevelt raised it up as a fight between left and right, poor and rich. suppose he does that. he could go the other way and make another big change. thanks to a good roundtable. bob woodward, andrea mitchell, jamie tarabay and clarence page. that's the show. th
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the strength and size of the economy. if g.d.p. is just zero this year, flat economy, silver gives obama a 17% chance of re-election. if it goes up 4% he gives him a landslide victory over 60%. it's not a mechanical exercise you can 34r09 on the x and x axis. you can't do it. voters have -- the economy is very important to their judgments but they base it for amypressionisticy on -- impressionistically on how do you feel about it? what's the direction of the country? >> if they're not feeling it in their personal lives -- >> pb more people buying clothes or cars, that's more the indicators. chris: here's the third. the gallup job predictor. it says that presidents with job approval over 50% in the june of the election year usually get second terms and those under 50% do not. nia, maybe that's definitional but 50 pirs is the rule we use in politics. if this candidate, incumbent, ain't got 50% going into, he's in trouble. >> if he won the election by 53% i think they very much know it's going to be a very close election and in all li
the strength and size of the economy. if g.d.p. is just zero this year, flat economy, silver gives obama a 17% chance of re-election. if it goes up 4% he gives him a landslide victory over 60%. it's not a mechanical exercise you can 34r09 on the x and x axis. you can't do it. voters have -- the economy is very important to their judgments but they base it for amypressionisticy on -- impressionistically on how do you feel about it? what's the direction of the country? >> if they're not...
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chris: the weak economy, this friday, the economy seams to have stalled. does that make it easier to say no tax increase now? >> on the middle class. he's got to make this point. his biggest challenge is going to be this issue of small businesses. we all know small businesses create most of the jobs in america and if republicans are successful in saying ify ou raise the top 2% it's on the small business owners and that's not going to put a dent in the jobs lost. chris: a small store, for example, they technically make a quarter million a year but really they'ti putng the money into the business. republicans are focusing on this aspect. i hate to mention senate procedur bute it matters. if they try to just focus on an amendment to let the tax cuts expire on the wealthy, that opens up the bill to all kinds of other amendments that the republicans are going to want to offer in a million different ways to try to score political points against the democrats and get the democrats to vote to protect tax increases. that's what the republican strategy is going to b
chris: the weak economy, this friday, the economy seams to have stalled. does that make it easier to say no tax increase now? >> on the middle class. he's got to make this point. his biggest challenge is going to be this issue of small businesses. we all know small businesses create most of the jobs in america and if republicans are successful in saying ify ou raise the top 2% it's on the small business owners and that's not going to put a dent in the jobs lost. chris: a small store, for...
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republicans would say as they are saying now that if we raise taxes, it is bad for a down economy. i guarantee you, if the economy were booming today, these same republicans would be saying we can't raise taxes now because it will choke off the boom. there is no way to deal with the deficit problem without increasing revenue chris: here is the fundamental question. andrea, do the conservatives would rather have the direction we're going in, bigger and bigger debt heading toward european problems than by increasing it with revenue increases? >> they don't see the question framed that way. they think it's possible or they claim they think that it's possible to do it on the spending cuts side. it's simply not possible. any way you look at it, even if you were attack all of the entitlements and do it as incrllentay as much as you could, you could not get to the number you reach without something on the revenue side. it's not doable. chris: will the republicans see a road down to huge cuts, some substantial increase in revenue so we reach somewhere in the low 20's, our percentage of the
republicans would say as they are saying now that if we raise taxes, it is bad for a down economy. i guarantee you, if the economy were booming today, these same republicans would be saying we can't raise taxes now because it will choke off the boom. there is no way to deal with the deficit problem without increasing revenue chris: here is the fundamental question. andrea, do the conservatives would rather have the direction we're going in, bigger and bigger debt heading toward european...
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declaring the state of the economy was strong. and now obama's facing a guy whose strength was going to be the economy but may have shot himself in the foot by drawing attention to his biggest weakness. foreign policy. romney's haste to jump into the issue may have been a response to the desperation of conservatives like laura ingram. >> if you can't beat barack obama with this record, then shut down the party. because this is a gimme election or at least it should be. chris: major, we got three national polls out there. all of them about likely voters. not just registered voters. all taken within a day of this tragedy in libya. it did account for part of that event. and the president is leading in all three. >> this campaign feels things slipping away. is quieting itself a little bit by saying well, it's the bounce out of the convention. it will dissipate. and the debates will reset things. what we know about this campaign, though, is that every time there's been a potential to reset it, romney hasn't. he has failed to jump on mo
declaring the state of the economy was strong. and now obama's facing a guy whose strength was going to be the economy but may have shot himself in the foot by drawing attention to his biggest weakness. foreign policy. romney's haste to jump into the issue may have been a response to the desperation of conservatives like laura ingram. >> if you can't beat barack obama with this record, then shut down the party. because this is a gimme election or at least it should be. chris: major, we...
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they can run against him on the economy. chris: i wonder whether the big institutions, the major networks, for example, will try to fight this if the this -- if they smell it? >> i think that's true. we're talking about it today. if you go back four years and said, you know what we just elected our first black president. four years from now, the opposition is still going to run on the idea that he's the other that he's unfamiliar. we'd all say, my god by that time he would have been president for four years, he would have been so familiar, it's unusual that this still resonates and they're still using it. >> it says that race remains a divisive issue in the society and you can appeal to some voters by using it. and that's not going to go away any time soon. chris: i agree with that point. movies are always about the present, i believe, and a big hit right now is "the help," which was a huge bestseller as a book. it's set in the south, civil rights, early 1960's, it talks about a -- about white women and their demeaning or na
they can run against him on the economy. chris: i wonder whether the big institutions, the major networks, for example, will try to fight this if the this -- if they smell it? >> i think that's true. we're talking about it today. if you go back four years and said, you know what we just elected our first black president. four years from now, the opposition is still going to run on the idea that he's the other that he's unfamiliar. we'd all say, my god by that time he would have been...
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>> well, loork the american economy is a ticking time bomb. let's face it. you have this deficit commission of senator simpson and erskine bowles and you look at the detail and this is not partisan. this is raw economics and numbers. we're entering the danger zone and he's going to have to manage that and if that goes off the rails where, you know, the republicans -- chris: but -- >> no, it's management, it's survival politics as it always is. >> chris, i'll tell you what else he's going to do, both because it's good politics and because he actually believes it's true. he's going to campaign as the last bull wark against the extreme republican party. the only way to protect my accomplishments of the first four years is to keep the white house out of the hands of these people and he's going to have things to point at where he's -- chris: you say here, bob, if the republicans go red-dog like in football, right after him and him being the bad guy, got to get rid of him, can he then come out and sort of say i can inspire this country even under track -- attack?
>> well, loork the american economy is a ticking time bomb. let's face it. you have this deficit commission of senator simpson and erskine bowles and you look at the detail and this is not partisan. this is raw economics and numbers. we're entering the danger zone and he's going to have to manage that and if that goes off the rails where, you know, the republicans -- chris: but -- >> no, it's management, it's survival politics as it always is. >> chris, i'll tell you what else...
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the economy could decide it. six month, that's how long both candidates have to tell us what they're going to do. will romney show us his vision? or will obama inspire the country with teases of what's to come? and finally, newsman, he's seen a half century of presidencies. if someone like truman, ike and ford were deeply rooted, what about the stranger sorts like lyndon johnson and nixon? how did they get there. we'll ask the man himself. dan rather. hi, i'm chris matthews. with us today hd nets dan rather. katty kay, nbc's kelly o do nell and anne cline. barack obama's trip to afghanistan signing that agreement to partner until 2024 was enormous. republicans applauded, taking the issue off the table. friday's job report with a slight drop in the unemployment rate but disappointing figures in news job. dan, the president can't win on foreign policy, people say. so this election is going to be about the economy. >> absolutely. within the job, what people say is true. unless we're in a new war, if mitt romney can
the economy could decide it. six month, that's how long both candidates have to tell us what they're going to do. will romney show us his vision? or will obama inspire the country with teases of what's to come? and finally, newsman, he's seen a half century of presidencies. if someone like truman, ike and ford were deeply rooted, what about the stranger sorts like lyndon johnson and nixon? how did they get there. we'll ask the man himself. dan rather. hi, i'm chris matthews. with us today hd...
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he hasn't fixed the economy. give somebody else a chance. >> there will be a moment in which you're right, people will say, the last four years have been awful and then romney will be the alternative. the next point, what are you going to do mr. romney? what are you doing that is different? i think the most potent question that obama could ask of romney is what would you do differently than george w bush did? what in your policies is different than him, either in foreign policy or domestic policy? we know and americans know that didn't work. so you do have to move from the we're dissatisfied to what do you do next? i think on that in terms of what we want to do about the debt, for example, obama's position of a balance mix of things is much more popular than romney's cut taxes on the wealthy and slash entitlements. >> it's hard to run on a campaign where you say i haven't managed to fix it, but what would you do differently? obama is the president. he has to be the one that goes out to people and says i am starti
he hasn't fixed the economy. give somebody else a chance. >> there will be a moment in which you're right, people will say, the last four years have been awful and then romney will be the alternative. the next point, what are you going to do mr. romney? what are you doing that is different? i think the most potent question that obama could ask of romney is what would you do differently than george w bush did? what in your policies is different than him, either in foreign policy or...
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and if the economy is not any good, they're going to fire barack obama. chris: i believe we are the manager on the baseball team, it's not personal. before we break, bad week for herman cain. >> herman cain is having to respond to claims he once sexually harassed women. do you hear that? apparently a german woman kept telling cain, 9-9-9. >> i'm not sure cain understands how serious this is. when he asked him about the allegations at the press conference, he said, harassed, is that one word or two. chris: there's a good chance for us to remember earlier greatest hits, the granddaddy of them all, the long-running gary hart saga in 1987. the biggest hit movie that year was "fatal attraction," all rich material for "saturday night live." >> he's not worth it. forget him. >> gary hart. you can't get him out of your mind. >> paid for by the gary hart for president committee. chris: hart was sunk for the presidency but in the case of bill clinton, he survived the year-long displeasure from the lewinski case. unbelievably, bob livingston suddenly had to go when
and if the economy is not any good, they're going to fire barack obama. chris: i believe we are the manager on the baseball team, it's not personal. before we break, bad week for herman cain. >> herman cain is having to respond to claims he once sexually harassed women. do you hear that? apparently a german woman kept telling cain, 9-9-9. >> i'm not sure cain understands how serious this is. when he asked him about the allegations at the press conference, he said, harassed, is that...
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and with its economy now threatened, taking desperate measures. >>> and in their honor. a veteran of the d-day invasion. >> the spirit and the bravery in those kids >> shares his memories with our colonel jack jacobs, 70 years later. >>> good evening. the sheriff in santa barbara county, california, says his department had multiple contacts with elliot rodger before his deadly rampage on friday night, but nothing deputies saw indicated he represented a danger. of course, now we all know just how deeply disturbed the 22-year-old really was. last night in the community of isla vista near the uc santa barbara campus, a tearful vigil was held for the six people whose lives he brutally took. we now know 13 others were injured in the trail of carnage and suffering that ended with rodger's suicide. and tonight his writings and the sickening video rodger publicly posted before the attack lead to questions about whether anyone was in a position to stop him before it was too late. once again we have two reports beginning with mike taibbi. mike? >> reporter: hello, lester. police n
and with its economy now threatened, taking desperate measures. >>> and in their honor. a veteran of the d-day invasion. >> the spirit and the bravery in those kids >> shares his memories with our colonel jack jacobs, 70 years later. >>> good evening. the sheriff in santa barbara county, california, says his department had multiple contacts with elliot rodger before his deadly rampage on friday night, but nothing deputies saw indicated he represented a danger. of...
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he should have been focusing on the economy. he's -- he was focusing on his number one goal, to make history passing health care. >> he came into office thinking that if he followed his promises the public would reward him. he tried to do both, fix the economy and do the other things he campaigned on two or three years ago and the public really only cares about one thing. the question is if he had to do it all over begin, might he have been much more focused on the economy? he was warned last year to focus on one. as a consequence they're paying a price. chris: does everyone agree that he focused too much on his number one goal -- remember the old poll question does he care about people like me? did he lose that question? >> right. the unemployment rate as of friday went up to 9.7%. with barack obama you get the sense that he was reaching for history and taking the extra credit courses. this is an overachieving guy. his chief of staff said never let a crisis go to waste. they used the economic system as an opportunity to push no
he should have been focusing on the economy. he's -- he was focusing on his number one goal, to make history passing health care. >> he came into office thinking that if he followed his promises the public would reward him. he tried to do both, fix the economy and do the other things he campaigned on two or three years ago and the public really only cares about one thing. the question is if he had to do it all over begin, might he have been much more focused on the economy? he was warned...
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he will try to win this on somebody who has experience in business issues and the economy. chris: he'll stay away from the huckabee stuff this week? >> fiscal trumps social. chris: they're not going to do it. >> if the republicans want to win, they have to say, i can handle this economy better than president obama. chris: i think they'll go back to who's the real american number again. >> let's secure the economic side, then they'll go over there. chris: in iowa, they're going for the nasty. chris: in iowa, they're going for the nasty. when wthis...is the network.r ] a living, breathing intelligence that is helping business rethink how to do business. ♪ in here, inventory can be taught to learn... so products get routed to where they're needed most. ♪ in here, machines have a voice... so they can tell headquarters when they need refilling. ♪ in here, money works smarter... so financial institutions can turn dreams into realities. in here, medical history is brought to life... so doctors can see a patient's medical records -- even if they're away from home. it's more t
he will try to win this on somebody who has experience in business issues and the economy. chris: he'll stay away from the huckabee stuff this week? >> fiscal trumps social. chris: they're not going to do it. >> if the republicans want to win, they have to say, i can handle this economy better than president obama. chris: i think they'll go back to who's the real american number again. >> let's secure the economic side, then they'll go over there. chris: in iowa, they're going...
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he talked about the economy, i think the overwhelming issue in the campaign, but he has been placed on the defensive. i think of the three you mentioned, the refusal to open up his taxes may prove to be the most hurtful for him. however, as you pointed out, not only is this singlely not dented his popularity overaurblings but in the key states, you and i agree, the key eight states in particular with independent and swing voters, not only has it not hurt him, in some ways, it has done a little bit better. >> this is where there seems to be a disagreement on the campaign. we're saying that, the observers. the obama campaign will say this is about trying to set a baseline on romney so he doesn't get to tell his own story. >> right, they're trying to disqualify him. they're saying the american public, ok, you may -- some of you may decide you don't want to rehire barack obama. ok, that's step one. step two is if you don't want to rehire barack obama, you have to decide whether you want to actually hire mitt romney. what they're trying to do now, campaign 101, whether it's karl rove or any
he talked about the economy, i think the overwhelming issue in the campaign, but he has been placed on the defensive. i think of the three you mentioned, the refusal to open up his taxes may prove to be the most hurtful for him. however, as you pointed out, not only is this singlely not dented his popularity overaurblings but in the key states, you and i agree, the key eight states in particular with independent and swing voters, not only has it not hurt him, in some ways, it has done a little...
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>> his best lines are about the economy. chris: if the economy is getting better, then what does a turnaround guy offer? >> exactly. >> i think that's his biggest problem. he is a compelling prop pigs to voters that is right economy is really in trouble and he's obviously the sort of firm, tough manager who's been out there and knows what to do. i would say if the economy gets better his only hope is staying in the fight and being seen finally as this decent guy, gritty guy, good family man who has stuck it out through all these challenges and -- chris: going to ask you, will there be a first ballot nomination at the convention? >> i would say there will be. romney will get just over 50%. chris: first ballot? >> yes. chris: first ballot nomination? >> yes. chris: when we come back, scoops and predictions. we're going to ask you to tell me something i don >> tell me something i don't know is brought to you by charles schwab. let's talk about the the pearnl tension you and your money zefrpblt talk to chuck the chris: welcome b
>> his best lines are about the economy. chris: if the economy is getting better, then what does a turnaround guy offer? >> exactly. >> i think that's his biggest problem. he is a compelling prop pigs to voters that is right economy is really in trouble and he's obviously the sort of firm, tough manager who's been out there and knows what to do. i would say if the economy gets better his only hope is staying in the fight and being seen finally as this decent guy, gritty guy,...
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because they want barack obama to own the economy. the memories of george bush are still fresh but fading. and they don't want to allow barack obama to point backward to a previous administration. the republicans want vivid evidence politically and economyly this is barack obama's economy, they will make as few deals as they can get away with without being attacked by their own republican corporate business leaders. chris: he has to offer something very enticing like tax cuts for hiring or some kind of business tax cuts for them to say yes to? >> he's got -- he's got to show an ability to trap his opponents into a deal that favors thame he has not shown the ability to far to be able to do. chris: he has the skill to do that, find something kept resist, their own interests? >> i think he's still building relationships and he's still trying to, you know, create a dialogue with the people who are meant to be helping him. >> he has very few relationships with people on the hill. he's not caught hold in terms of dealing with people on the
because they want barack obama to own the economy. the memories of george bush are still fresh but fading. and they don't want to allow barack obama to point backward to a previous administration. the republicans want vivid evidence politically and economyly this is barack obama's economy, they will make as few deals as they can get away with without being attacked by their own republican corporate business leaders. chris: he has to offer something very enticing like tax cuts for hiring or some...
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>> the american economy is a ticking time bomb. let's face it. you have this deficit commission of senator simpson and earn steen bowles. you look into details. this is not partisan. this is raw economics in numbers. we're entering the danger zone. he will have to manage that. if that goes off the rails where, you know the republican -- chris: management again? >> it's management. look, it's survival politics. as talls is. >> i will tell what you else he will do, he will do this because it's good politics and he actually believes it's true. he's going to compaign as the last bulwark, the only bulwark in extremist in the republican party. the only way to protect my accomplishments in the first four years, the only way to protect it is keep the white house out of the hands of these people and will he have things to point out over the next two years. he will point at those things. that will be the politics -- chris: you talk about, if the republicans are red dogging the football, go right after the quarterback. him being the bad guy. get rid of him.
>> the american economy is a ticking time bomb. let's face it. you have this deficit commission of senator simpson and earn steen bowles. you look into details. this is not partisan. this is raw economics in numbers. we're entering the danger zone. he will have to manage that. if that goes off the rails where, you know the republican -- chris: management again? >> it's management. look, it's survival politics. as talls is. >> i will tell what you else he will do, he will do...
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china is now the second largest economy in the world. back to you. >> all right, tom costello in our d.c. bureau tonight. tom, thanks. >>> now what could be a big breakthrough in a long and drawn out but urgent fight over immigration reform going on in congress. a compromise on border security. this one has the potential to garner overwhelming support in the senate. kelly o'donnell following things all day has our report from the hill tonight. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. what the senate is working on could bring about the biggest political and cultural change we have seen in the last 30 years. anything that big is hard to achieve. today it feels like a momentum shift that is intended to bring along more republican support. the southern border with mexico is only one way undocumented immigrants gain entry into the u.s., but it's the biggest roadblock to my political solution. >> we need to fix this. and this is our chance to fix it. >> reporter: congress is wrestling with how to grant legal status to students li
china is now the second largest economy in the world. back to you. >> all right, tom costello in our d.c. bureau tonight. tom, thanks. >>> now what could be a big breakthrough in a long and drawn out but urgent fight over immigration reform going on in congress. a compromise on border security. this one has the potential to garner overwhelming support in the senate. kelly o'donnell following things all day has our report from the hill tonight. kelly, good evening. >>...
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that it's all the economy. and it's all about disliking the person of barack obama. which i think proves to be a poor strategy and they tried to pivot really late. i would give the barack obama campaign a b. and because of a couple of things. number one, they have so much infrastructure. in places like ohio. twice what romney has. they've been running -- chris: lawyers in cleveland. >> and may not have been able to win a lot of the message wars but on the ground they are really swamping the mitt romney campaign. chris: -- >> both b's. i think the president didn't have much vision for the future in his campaign. tell us enough about what he wants to do in the next four years. until late in the game. mitt romney never told us who he was. chris: let's go to the other colgate right here. grade inflation taking over colgate right now? two b's for these candidates? >> well, i'll give them both c pluses, ok? and here's the reason. i think this has been one of the least satisfying, most -- >> right. >> draining and dispiriting campaigns i've ever covered. and i've covered a
that it's all the economy. and it's all about disliking the person of barack obama. which i think proves to be a poor strategy and they tried to pivot really late. i would give the barack obama campaign a b. and because of a couple of things. number one, they have so much infrastructure. in places like ohio. twice what romney has. they've been running -- chris: lawyers in cleveland. >> and may not have been able to win a lot of the message wars but on the ground they are really swamping...
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the playing field he wants to be on is jobs, the economy. and he wants to be hitting wall street a little harder. chris: as an outsider. >> as an outsider because they're very unpopular in the rest of the country. the bankers. >> presidents' incumbents always try to find a way to run against washington. ronald reagan did it effectively. chris: he never moved to washington. always was out west. >> and barack obama will find a way to do that. he will also, i believe, try to talk about the tough choices that he has made, whether it's on afghanistan wlfment it's on the debt. whether it's on health care reform and the sort of leadership issue. and one thing he can't do, though, is what he did in 2010 with the democrats tried to do, which is say things would have been worse if i had not been here. that doesn't go over well. >> what's real important about this guy, he came to power on a tidal wave. he didn't have to be that much of a politician. really great politicians, as we all know, get up every morning and they see what they're opponent said a
the playing field he wants to be on is jobs, the economy. and he wants to be hitting wall street a little harder. chris: as an outsider. >> as an outsider because they're very unpopular in the rest of the country. the bankers. >> presidents' incumbents always try to find a way to run against washington. ronald reagan did it effectively. chris: he never moved to washington. always was out west. >> and barack obama will find a way to do that. he will also, i believe, try to talk...
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and that wound up costing the economy some $15 billion. lester. >> kevin tibbles in chicago tonight. thanks. in most cities across the eastern half of the country 42 degrees would be a dream right now, but this morning was downright frigid for folks used to the heat in miami. al roker is in miami beach with a look at what all of us can expect as we head into the weekend. al, what's the word? >> reporter: lester, good evening. here in florida, southern florida, miami, temperatures got up into the low 60s. elsewhere around the state 40s and 50s. but overnight lows dropped well below freezing. that gave a lot of concern to citrus growers and will again once more tonight. however, look at these overnight lows throughout the northeast. we expect to see temperatures anywhere from 10 to 30 degrees below normal with wind chills well into the negative double digits. and here comes another winter storm. cincinnati, for example, you'll be looking at snow arriving about midnight. 4 to 8 inches of snow a tenth of an inch of ice, ends as rain. as we mov
and that wound up costing the economy some $15 billion. lester. >> kevin tibbles in chicago tonight. thanks. in most cities across the eastern half of the country 42 degrees would be a dream right now, but this morning was downright frigid for folks used to the heat in miami. al roker is in miami beach with a look at what all of us can expect as we head into the weekend. al, what's the word? >> reporter: lester, good evening. here in florida, southern florida, miami, temperatures...
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that is then trickling down to the overall economy. we are going to be feeling that for another month or two months. >> reporter: at airports in the northeast, hopeful passengers are settling in for extended delays, grabbing naps and playing cards. >> my brother won a trip to go to the super bowl. so it was all free. so i can't complain about delays on my flight too much. >> reporter: there were at least 1600 flight delays or cancellations here in the northeast alone today. one of those delays involved a plane carrying the seattle seahawks. they won the super bowl last night. they sat so long for de-icing in newark, they had to fly to minneapolis, change crews to get refueled. they are back in seattle tonight. >> ron mott where you don't want to be tonight, and that's new york's la guardia. >>> as we said, there are two more storms behind the storm that shutting the east tonight. for more on all of it, our friend, al roker, is out on the plaza tonight. hey, al, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. this one storm is moving out. that
that is then trickling down to the overall economy. we are going to be feeling that for another month or two months. >> reporter: at airports in the northeast, hopeful passengers are settling in for extended delays, grabbing naps and playing cards. >> my brother won a trip to go to the super bowl. so it was all free. so i can't complain about delays on my flight too much. >> reporter: there were at least 1600 flight delays or cancellations here in the northeast alone today....
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>> a lot of people on wall street think the fed was a little premature, that the economy as wall street sees it and as washington sees it may look pretty healthy or at least healthier than it was before. but if you're on main street, it's very iffy. we still have a record number unemployed. we have people looking for work so long that they're now discouraged and they've stopped looking for work. we know people who are working several jobs, probably low-paying job, just to make ends meet. i think this is a little premature by the fed, but the fed made it very clear that if the economy starts to wobble again, they will come back in with more money to pump it back up. >>> now to a surprising decision by the white house about who's going to represent the u.s. at the winter olympic games. starting with the president and first lady. they're not going. our political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd with details on this. >> reporter: you know, it's no secret that relations between russia and the united states and specifically president obama and vladimir putin are not good.
>> a lot of people on wall street think the fed was a little premature, that the economy as wall street sees it and as washington sees it may look pretty healthy or at least healthier than it was before. but if you're on main street, it's very iffy. we still have a record number unemployed. we have people looking for work so long that they're now discouraged and they've stopped looking for work. we know people who are working several jobs, probably low-paying job, just to make ends meet....